Articles by

Bruce Bower

Denisovans inhabited Taiwan, new fossil evidence suggests

A fossil jaw originally netted by fishermen off the ocean floor near Taiwan’s west coast belonged to...

Ancient Arabian cymbals ring up Bronze Age musical connections

Ritually important musical practices resounded across Bronze Age cultures from Arabia to South Asia, a pair of...

Neandertal-like tools found in China present a mystery

Stone tools traditionally attributed to European and western Asian Neandertals have turned up nearly a continent away...

Western Europe’s oldest face adds new wrinkles to human evolution

A Spanish cave has divulged the oldest known fossil remains of human ancestors in Western Europe. Excavations...

Human ancestors made the oldest known bone tools 1.5 million years ago

Ancient human relatives crafted sharp-edged tools out of animal bones around 1.5 million years ago, researchers say....

Humans moved into African rainforests at least 150,000 years ago

Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago....

Here’s how ancient Amazonians became master maize farmers

Water engineers in ancient South America turned seasonally flooded Amazonian savannas into hotbeds of year-round maize farming....

Iron Age Celtic women’s social and political power just got a boost

Celtic women’s social and political standing in Iron Age England has received a genetic lift. DNA clues...